Hi Guys,
probably no ne need for a reply but I wanted to share my recent experiences with the Helix. Had mine nearly from the beginning and have been reasonably happy until recently. Using it into and FrFr or direct to a console.
I am finding the same problem lately. I don't recall this digital clipping sound early on with the Helix. It seems like it came in with one of the firmware updates to me too. Just sent mine in for this and a couple of other issues. On occasion a single preset would have no sound at all, one of mine or a stock preset. Also the looper would loose sound for periods of time then magically start working again. Sometimes a power cycle would fix it and sometimes it would just come back days later. Unloaded all of my patches, did all updates and a factory reset with no change. Line6 service in Calabasas did the repair and after day 1 the sound is there and I hope it stays as they couldn’t duplicate the problem and did a “this is the part that would cause that problem” repair. The input still has a digital clipping sound on most of the high gain amps is horrible. Input pad is on and high and low cut are being used. Really makes the Helix almost unusable to me. I am really hoping Line6 takes care of this quickly so I don’t feel the need to move to another platform. I love the form factor and ease of use on the Helix and would prefer to stay with it as my main modeler. But tone is King, so,,,,,,,,,,, fingers crossed!
Dave,
